In a repeated misfortune Bulk carrier Cofco 1 (IMO 9611709) ran aground in Parana river upstream from San Martin port during the evening of May 25th at Timbues port. According to Alpemar Shipping Agency the bulk carrier was refloated after about six hours, early on May 26th, with the aid of a tug....
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The Bulgarian captain of cargo ship Tommi Ritscher (IMO 9656137) and eight of his crew, who were kidnapped along with seven other sailors by pirates off the coast of Benin last month, have been freed. The eight crew members of Tommi Ritscher containership and the captain were kidnapped by a group...
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Container ship Seaspan Lahore (IMO 9301811) was reported to have caused a fuel spill on May 24th at the container terminal of Total International Algeciras (TTIA) in the port of Algeciras. The Maritime Authority of Algeciras set a bail of €84,000 and detained the vessel at the Isla Verde dock. The...
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The San Francisco Fire Department saved the famous WWII-era Liberty Ship Jeremiah O’Brien from a four-alarm fire that broke out on Pier 45 in a crab processing plant during the morning of Saturday May 23rd. The flames and smoke could be seen for miles around the Bay Area. SFFD Fireboat 3 arrived on...
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In a surprise move, global salvage firm Ardent has said that it will no longer be entering into new contracts from May 2020. The leading emergency management and wreck removal company was formed in 2015 through the merger of Svitzer Salvage, then part of the Maersk Group, and Titan Salvage, part of...
Engineering and marine consultancy LOC Group has appointed Frans Schouffoer to the role of as Senior Marine Surveyor. Schouffoer is based in LOC’s Halifax office in Nova Scotia. He is a marine engineer surveyor with extensive seafaring experience, including as a former-dual officer, First Engineer...
Lloyd’s insurer Beazley has said that certain markets, such as property and marine, had now experienced two consecutive years of rising rates and presented “attractive near term opportunities.” The company has raised £247m ($300m) in an accelerated private placement of stock into the institutional...
The Australian Maritime Safety Authority (AMSA) was continuing to press the operator of the YM Efficiency (IMO 9353280) to pay the A$17m (US$11m) cleanup costs after 63 lost containers were recovered from the bottom of the Tasman Sea. More than 80 were lost in June 2018 while the vessel was some 20...
Charterers Club, part of MECO Group, has updated its members on how it has been reacting to the Covid-19 pandemic. It noted that the start to 2020 had given everyone some unique challenges to deal with. The Club said that it had been monitoring Covid-19 from early February. It closed its Shanghai...
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The US Coast Guard has issued a safety alert highlighting the importance of accurate Automatic Identification System (AIS) data entry and display. The alert followed a towboat collision on the Mississippi River. The investigation into that particular casualty was not yet complete, but the USCG said...